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Half-lives : a guide to nuclear technology in Canada
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Half-lives : a guide to nuclear technology in Canada

Author: H Y Tammemagi; David Jackson
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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First ed. published under title: Unlocking the atom.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: H Y Tammemagi; David Jackson
ISBN: 9780195431520 0195431529
OCLC Number: 289058430
Notes: First ed. published under title: Unlocking the atom.
Description: viii, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Nuclear technology at the crossroads --
Splitting the atom --
Radiation everywhere --
Biological effects of radiation --
Electricity and an impending energy crisis --
CANDU: the Canadian reactor --
Global nuclear picture --
Safety: the prime imperative --
Nuclear power and the environment --
High-level nuclear waste --
Nuclear medicine --
Nuclear technology in industry and science --
Uranium: the nuclear fuel --
Fission future --
Fusion: the engergy of the future? --
Research: the path forward.
Other Titles: Unlocking the atom
Responsibility: Hans Tammemagi, David Jackson.

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